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Pam Andrews is a College Admissions Coach and Scholarship Strategist. Pam helps high school students get into their dream college and secure scholarships that will pay for it. She has earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University and a certificate in College Advising from Columbia University Teacher’s College.

Pam is known for helping her son win over $700,000 in scholarship money that pays for his undergraduate and graduate school. More importantly, she has helped her clients win over $1,000,000 in scholarships. Because of her success, Pam is often asked, “How do you do it?” To answer this question she launched, The Scholarship Shark, a coaching company that offers parents and students a road map to maximizing their efforts to getting into college as well as finding and winning scholarship money.

In this episode we dive into the details of how to find, apply, and get scholarships, the two different layers of scholarships, when you should actually start applying for scholarships, what information the applications need, how to stand out on applications, tax implications of scholarships, and navigating the nuances of getting FREE money.